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1 foot CNC wood blade for a 3 blade 2 foot prop | 20 comments (20 topical, editorial)
Re: (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by picmacmillan (rmacmill@sympatico.ca) on Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 07:28:51 AM MST
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hi rich...we were thinking of the same thing as we have access to some machines, we were thinking of using maybe a 6 inch fly cutter and just zoom through it....what do you need for a program? maybe we can find someone with lets say(a sample copy).....autocad?..someone i know is using fastcam?...i have auto cad here if you're interested, anyhow, good luck with that, i envy a guy with the tools for the job, you're work is inspiring...pickster
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software (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by richhagen (richhagen (a t) Juno.com) on Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 11:48:58 AM MST
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There is a big design engineering show coming to town the beginning of next month.  I got a pass to it and a friend and I are going to go have a look around.  On the agenda is checking out the CAD type booths for ideas and freebies.  The trouble is that whatever I get I'm going to have to learn how to use.  I have a program that claims it can convert DXF files to G-code, so Autocad is a possibility for me, but I think I'd have to set a side a good chunk of time to figure it out.  Rich Hagen
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Re: software (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by Ungrounded Lightning Rod on Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 11:55:45 AM MST
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My wife it picking up a copy of Linuxcad as an alternative to autocad for her design class.

I have no idea whether it will do why you need done, and it won't arrive in time for us to check it out and five you a review.

But at $175 the price is right and it is reviewed elsewhere.

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Re: software (3.00 / 0) (#15)
by monte350c on Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 08:18:51 PM MST
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That's a good price.

Just for fun I downloaded the trial version of Rhino 3D a couple of days ago. It's a fully functional demo so you can actually try it out. It's limited to a certain number of saves.

There's also a demo for Rhino Cam which as the name implies will produce G code and toolpaths directly from whatever you drew in Rhino 3D.

I don't have my machine done so I can't speak for how well this will work but it seems quite easy to use and there's a neat cut simulator in the CAM section.

Of course it will be a lot more than $170 ;(

Ted.

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1 foot CNC wood blade for a 3 blade 2 foot prop | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial)

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